Zinnia, a life and annuity insurance technology and digital services company, has announced that it is acquiring Policygenius, a digital insurance marketplace. The acquisition lays the foundation for the industry’s first front-to-back architecture to power the entire insurance value chain and better serve carriers, advisors, and policyholders. Latham & Watkins LLP represents Policygenius in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York partner Peyton Worley and Chicago partner Daniel Breslin, with associates Jacob Saslow, Sam Dillard, and Mikhail Bushinski. Advice was also provided on benefits and compensation matters by Boston partner Josh Friedman, with associates Jina Davidovich and Jocelyn Wexler; on tax matters by Washington, D.C. partner Andrea Ramezan-Jackson, with associate Christina McLeod; on data privacy matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associates Adriana Beach and Dyllan Brown-Bramble; and on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Amanda Reeves and Washington, D.C. counsel Britton Davis.~~